Hanging means for electric fans and the like



F. C. DE REAMER HANGING MEANS FOR ELECTRIC FANS AND THE LIKE Filed May 24, 1923 k Afton MW l atente d fiept. as.

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application filed they M, 1923. serial Ito. tit-Latte There is now on the market a torm oi electric light wiring for buildings known as Elexit wherein the building is provided with wired electrical outlets in the term of at plug receptacles surrounded by face plates having openings for the reception oi attaching hooks. The lighting fixture which is wired as a unit, comprises an. attachment plug adapted to electrically connect the fixture to m the plug receptacle and a supporting part having hooks which engage the face plate slots to provide a mechanical support for the fixture. With this arrangement a lighting fixture having heen wired as a unit can he is hung hy merely inserting the plug contacts into the receptacle openings and hringin V the hooks into engagement with the slots in the face plate. a

This means that there are hnildings now so 20 wired. that they are provided on their walls with Elexit outlets and the object of my invention is to provide an arrangement wherehy an electrical device such as an electric fan or the like may he hung from such an outlet. For a consideration of what I helieve to he novel and my invention, attention is directed to the accompanying description and the claims appended thereto.

Tn the drawing, l is a "front view of an a hanger plate; Fig. 2 is a side elevation showing the hanger plate attached to an Elexit outlet and an electric tan supported on it; llig. his a sectional view showing the hanger plate attached to anfiElexit outlet; Fig. l is at a. lace view ot an Elexit outlet; Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a part of a hanger plate, and l ig. 6 is a perspective view ot a locking plate.

Neterring to the drawing, 16 indicates a walldn which is mounted an outlet hox ll to which is attached a ring 12 hy screws 13 which extend through the ring and thread into holes in ears law the hox.

Attached to ring l2 hy screws ll is a lace plate 15 covered hy a finishing plate 116, the latter lying suhstantially fiush with the wall surface. being heyond it only an amount equal to the depth oi fiange l7. lln the center oil the face plate and finishing plate is a hole 116 W in which is located the outer end of a plug receptacle 1%, the outer surface oil which lies flush with the outer jsuriace ot the finishing plate. The plug receptacle may he ol any known'or desired structure and may he supported in the outlet hox in any suitahle man ner for example, hy being fastened to the cover plate. llt is provided with the usual openings l9 hehind which are the plug. receptacle contacts. In the face plate are two upper slots and a lower "l'-shaped slot 21. The receptacle contacts are wired to the huilding circuit in the usual manner. The arrangement so :ltar descrihed is a side wall outlet oit known type now termed an Elexit? and in itself forms no part of my invention. It represents a type of side wall outlet-with which a building may he already supplied in its various rooms.

My invention relates to an improved arg 'rangement wherehy an electrical device, such as an electric fan may he hung from an outlet of the character descrihed. According to my invention it provide a hanger plate comprising an attaching portion 22 and a supporting portion 23 preferably termed integral with each other. Attaching portion 22 is provided with an opening 24L at the upper edge of which are two rearwardly extending hooks 25 adapted to engage the lower edge of slots some at the lower edge of which is a ll-shaped hook 26 adapted to engage the side edges oi slot 21. The arrangement is such that when hooks 25 and 26 are inserted through slots 20 and 21 and the hanger plate then slid downwardly to hring the hooks into engagement with the edges of the slots, opening 24 will stand in line with plug receptaclg 19 so that a plug connector may he passed through opening 24 into engagement with the receptacle. The supporting portion oi the hanger plate is provided with holes 27 to receive tastening devices and with pressed-out hosses 28 adapted to lie against the wall and hold the hanger plate vertical when attached to the tace plate. Tn the present instance, l have shown an electric tan 36 fastened to the supporting portion at the'hanger plate hy suitahle holts 31, the attaching plug tor the tan heing indicated at 32..

lln use the electric an is permanently tastened to the hanger plate hy screws 31 alter which it is adapted tor use on any room provided with an outlet at the Elexit type. To hang the tan it is only necessary to fasten the hanger plate to the outlet hy passing hooks 25 and 26 through slots 26 and 2t and then sliding the hanger plate downward to efiect g g ment Of the hooks. Prefierahlfy the opening 24 in the hanger plate is of such size and is so located with respect to the hooks that the plug cannot be inserted through it into engagement with the receptacle until the hanger plate is moved downward to effect engagement of the hooks and that when the plug is then inserted it so fits the opening that it prevents the hanger plate from being slid upward. The plug thus serves as a locking means to lock the hanger plate to the wall fixture.

In addition to or in lieu of the plug looking means I may provide a locking means as shown in perspective in Fig. 6 the same comprising a locking plate 33' having holes 34 in its ends and an inturned lug 35 adapted to fit the upper end of T-slot 21. After the fan has been hung it may be locked in place by in serting lug 35 into slot 21 above hook 26 and fastening it there by suitable screws 36 which pass through holes 34: and screw into tapped holes 37 in the hanger plate. Th s then prevents removal of the fan without first removing the screws and the looking plate.

In accordance with the provisions of the patent statutes, I have described the principle of operation of my invention, together with the apparatus which I now believe to represent the best embodiment thereof, but I desire to have it understood that the apparatus shown is only illustrative and that the invention may be carried out by other means.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

1. A hanger plate for use in attaching an electrical device to a wall outlet having a faceplate and a plug receptacle, comprising an attaching portion provided with means for making mechanical connection with the face plate, said attaching portion having an opening through which the plug receptacle is exposed when said mechanical connection is made, and a supporting portion which depends from one edge of the attaching portion and. is provided with means for engaging the wall below the outlet.

2. A hanger plate for use in attaching an electrical device to a wall outlet having a face plate and a plug receptacle, comprising an attaching portion provided with means integral therewith for making mechanical connection with the face plate, said attaching portion having an opening through which the plug receptacle is exposed when said mechanical connection is made, a supporting portion which projects from an edge of the attaching portion integral therewith, and means carried by and integral with the supporting portion which engage the wall below the outlet when connected therewith.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 21st day of May, 1923.

FRANK C. DE REAMER. 

